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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Peripherals

The Kaleidoscopic Dance Of The Inkjet Printer

12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | It probably isn’t the most environmentally-friendly idea, but we love this stop-motion video of a bunch of HP printers busting out some sweet paper-and-ink patterns to an electro soundtrack. Check it out, you’ll like it. [Vimeo via Crunchgear] More »
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Friday, February 8, 2008
Entertainment

Kaleidescape Video Servers to Rip Blu-Ray in 2009

11:59PM Jesus Diaz | Kaleidescape, famous for their super-high-end home theater video server, has officially announced that they are going Blu-Ray in 2009, releasing a player that will integrate with their existing rip-to-HD equipment. Good news for the generation of Silicon Valley richies who currently use Kaleidescape plus 5 Netflix accounts to continuously catalog DVDs. Here’s their upgrade path. More »
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Friday, June 22, 2007
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DVD Copying on the Chopping Block

7:30AM Seamus Byrne | Fair use? What’s that? It’s something you’ll someday be telling your kids once existed at the rate things are going. That’s because there’s a proposed amendment to current copy protection licenses that would ban any and all DVD copying, including for fair use. Want to rip your DVDs to a Media Center PC so you can watch movies without putting a disc in? Too bad. Anything other than watching a movie right off the disc would be against the rules, much to the chagrin of companies such as Kaleidoscope, who make media centers loaded to the gills with (perfectly legal) movies. Well, at least this has been put up to a vote twice before only to fail, so there’s hope that a third strike is imminent. –Adam Frucci Proposed Amendment Would Ban All DVD Copying [PC Mag] More »
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